"A penny saved is a penny earned." - Benjamin Franklin.
I gotta start saving money now for my trip to London on the 30th of December. The last few weeks I have spent (in my eyes) to much money, okay it was worth it and I was kinda needing it. But still, I should start saving my pennies now. I needed lamps, a doormat, and a few things more. Maybe I could have wait with buying those things untill after the trip, yes, I could, but I didn't. I have what I needed and wanted, so it's good now. Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but it's good to pay attention on my money rigth? I still have sometimes these concerns or worries about my money, (what is not really needed) I don't want to be homeless again, oh no! I want to be abble to pay my usurances and rent.
This morning I payed my trip to London, but it, went slightly different how I wanted it. I got a mail from the travel company yesterday, and in the mail was written everything I needed to know about the trip, including how to pay for the trip. After I payed them I will recieve a mail back from them one week before the actual trip, with every detail I need to know for the trip. I thought it would be handy to pay the travel company online with my ING account, so handy. Atleast I thought it was, I done it already a few times so no big deal, I thought. I filled everything in what ING needed to know on my ING paying page, then it was just waiting for a code what I would recieve in a few seconds on my cellphone. The code is called a tan-code.
I got the code and checked it a few times and filled the code in, 'wrong code' was the next message. I checked the code again and filled it in number by number, but again, 'wrong code!' Weird, I was a 100% sure I got the right code, I filled the code in again and... 'wrong code, you wont recieve a new code,' 'Blocked!' I couldn't continue with the paying online. The message said that I will get a new code by post within five working days and then I will be able to pay online again. After these five days when I recieved the new code I have to go with 'that' code to my bank to get another activatings code. With that code I can log in and will be able to be pay online again. (Your still here?) Sigh!
Well, I wasn't happy, I was focused with paying the London trip and now this. I wanted to pay the travel company one way or another, and as soon as possible. After my cuppa coffee I grabbed my coath putted my shoes on and went to the ING, I saw on the ING site that I can make money over from my account to another account, I only had to bring my bank card and passport. After ten minutes I arrived at the ING. A guy helped me right away, nice. I explained him what I wanted and the guy gave me three options. One, ING can order special 'making over money' papers, that will take fourteen days to only order those papers. Two, ING can help me right away with making the money over, I only have to show my bank card and passport, and the guy will fill in the papers for me.
Only this option will cost me 8 Euro! Woot!! The guy explained me the options and then told me, "So there are the options, it's up to you, what you gonna do?" It sounded a bit hars and with a tone, but okay. I went for option two, but wasn't very happy with it. But the trip to London has been payed now, and that's what I wanted. The saving can start now. Other then this litle failer this day has been good, I took two naps, this cold weather asks alot energy from my body. I putted a few things on a secondhand selling site aswell, (I want to earn back the 8 Euro from my ING failer, lol!) I could use some extra money, specially for my trip.
Tomorrow I will be working again, I deiced to work a whole day instead of a half day what I normally do on Thursday. I actually should have started next week with two half working days, but oh well. Sometimes when I work these half days I don't feel satisfied towards the other workers, I should not really feel that way, cause I should actually just look at myself, if I can work not more then a half day then it is like it is. I shouldn't feel guilty or what ever other un-satisfied feeling. But I feel I can work a whole day, that's aswell what the Boss in the end wants from me, working 20 hours in the week. In days that is, Monday a half day, and Tuesday plus Thursday a whole day. That will be my woring schedule for the next comming months. I'm ready for it!
